Credit Suisse finalises four-strong global legal panel
Credit Suisse has finalised its global legal panel with four firms winning spots on the Swiss bank’s lineup, The Lawyer understands.
Bonuses for all: Ashurst makes entire workforce eligible for first time
Ashurst is making the finishing touches to its new bonus scheme for staff worldwide, meaning all employees will be eligible for a reward for the first time.
Good news for Slaughters female associates: Pay gap stats show women out-earn men
Slaughter and May female associates were paid 2 per cent more on average than their male counterparts as the firm becomes the latest to publish results.
Addleshaws gender pay gap: women get 33% less bonus pay
Addleshaw Goddard has posted its gender pay gap data showing that female staff receive 33.3 per cent less in median bonus pay than men.
Romania and GDPR: Key proposed measures
Polish tax evasion rules – Impact on escrow agreements
To counteract tax evasion, Polish authorities have recently introduced legislation and digital systems allowing tax authorities to analyse banking systems, search for potential fraud, and block suspicious bank accounts. Effective 30 April 2018, the new rules may have an adverse effect on escrow accounts, M&A closings, and real estate transactions in Poland. This client alert […]
Warsaw: Management liability in M&A transactions
By Niall Crowley Increased volatility on financial markets is putting pressure on company management teams when setting valuations in M&A transactions, according to experts gathered at a seminar held by international law firm Wolf Theiss…
New EU regulation: The end of geo-blocking when shopping online
A new EU Regulation, which will take effect on 3 December 2018, provides for borderless online shopping. Traders are obliged to treat online customers equally, regardless of which EU-member state they come from. Geo-blocking will be abolished in many cases. However, digital content protected under copyright law and some other services are not yet affected […]
Bulgaria: Commission recommends amendments to the energy act
On 8 February 2018, the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission (“CPC”) issued a Decision in a Competition Advocacy proceeding initiated in 2017 for the assessment of conformity with Competition law of the legal framework applicable to heat energy supply legislation. The Competition Advocacy proceeding analyzed the respective sections of the Energy Act (“EA”), the Heat Energy […]
Bulgaria joins EU anti-money laundering club
The Bulgarian Parliament has adopted the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Act transposes Directive (EU) 2015/848 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financings…
Credit Suisse finalises four-strong global legal panel
Credit Suisse has finalised its global legal panel with four firms winning spots on the Swiss bank’s lineup, The Lawyer understands.
Bonuses for all: Ashurst makes entire workforce eligible for first time
Ashurst is making the finishing touches to its new bonus scheme for staff worldwide, meaning all employees will be eligible for a reward for the first time.
Good news for Slaughters female associates: Pay gap stats show women out-earn men
Slaughter and May female associates were paid 2 per cent more on average than their male counterparts as the firm becomes the latest to publish results.
Addleshaws gender pay gap: women get 33% less bonus pay
Addleshaw Goddard has posted its gender pay gap data showing that female staff receive 33.3 per cent less in median bonus pay than men.
The Lawyer European Awards: Kromann Reumert triumphs as Law Firm of the Year
Danish firm Kromann Reumert was crowned European Law Firm of the Year last night at The Lawyer European Awards.
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Mayer Brown bulks up in white-collar with double hire from Norton Rose Fulbright
Mayer Brown has hired two partners from Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office as the firm looks to strengthen its global white-collar and investigations practice. Norton Rose Fulbright head of business ethics and anti-corruption Sam Eastwood will join the firm on 20 August, while dispute resolution and investigations partner Jason Hungerford joins Mayer Brown with immediate […]
Burges Salmon PEP drops for second consecutive year
Burges Salmon’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has dropped for the second year in a row, while revenue nudged up 3 per cent to hit £90m. The Bristol-headquartered reported a dip in PEP of nearly 2 per cent from £435,000 to £430,000. Since recording a PEP high of £523,000 in 2015/16, Burges Salmon has […]
Raft of litigation heavyweights line up for $2.6bn oligarch case
City litigation heavyweights are preparing for the latest case between Ukrainian lender PrivatBank and its former owners, the Ukrainian oligarchs Gennadiy Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky, which could be worth up to $2.6bn (£2bn). Partners from Hogan Lovells, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Fieldfisher and Pinsent Masons will face off in the High Court as PrivatBank alleges […]
29 lawyers over two months: Dechert nets largest group hire from Quinn Emanuel
Dechert has completed the mass hire of 29 lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s product liability team in the US. The group has been joining since the end of May, after the arrival of Quinn’s product liability co-chairs Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo. The pair made the move with fellow partner Douglas Fleming, another […]
Freshfields and HSF to pocket £45m in fees for Comcast’s Sky bid
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are set to pick up nearly £45m in fees for their work in the high-profile bidding war for Sky between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. The figures are printed in a formal offer document published by Comcast, which yesterday revealed it would be scrapping its […]
TalkTalk legal head joins AA as its new GC
TalkTalk’s Nadia Hoosen is the breakdown cover provider’s new general counsel